Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Pennsylvania

Title

The Pennsylvania State Highways WikiProject

Scope

This WikiProject aims primarily to encourage participation in creating or expanding articles about state highways in Pennsylvania. This project also aims to establish standards relating to the display of information in these articles.

An article describing the logic and basic history of the Pennsylvania Highway System is necessary to accompany the current List of State Routes in Pennsylvania and List of Pennsylvania numbered highways article. This article should feature information regarding the state's Freeway and Expressway System, Scenic Highways, and other worthy material.

Routes Worthy of Articles

The following highways can have entire articles dedicated to them:

• Routes that are constructed, traversable, state-maintained, and signed with its own route number.
• Routes that are partly constructed or partly signed.
• Deleted routes with significant information worthy of an article.
• Interstates that run entirely in Pennsylvania (mostly spur and loop routes). Ideally, these should also be part of this WikiProject.

For routes that have been entirely deleted and whose number has not been reused, these can be merged onto a single article, Deleted Pennsylvania state highways.

For routes that are entirely unconstructed, these can be merged onto another article, Unconstructed Pennsylvania state highways.

Relationships

Sister WikiProjects

• WikiProject Pennsylvania

On IRC

We are on IRC at #wikipedia-en-roads-pa!

Resources

• /Historical information from the 1920s
• PA state laws for highways
• 1929 Pennsylvania maps
• More 1929 maps, split into west, middle, and east sections
• List of historic Pennsylvania maps

PennDOT Historic maps

• Historical Transportation Maps
• Historic County Maps

Participants

Add your name here.

For the PASH newsletter, add yourself to Wikipedia:WikiProject Pennsylvania Roads/Newsletter/Tools.

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Pennsylvania

User	Status	Work
Son	Active	I am the founder of WP:PASH, and I have worked specifically on Pennsylvania Route 39. I've worked on New York routes, New Jersey routes, Harrisburg area routes, Maryland routes, and Ohio routes.
Thisisbossi	Semi-Active	PA, MD, NJ (grew up in PA/NJ; work with MD roads as an engineer)
O	Active	mostly Pennsylvania, but I'll help out in other areas, too
JohnnyAlbert10	Semi-active	Anytype of work that is needed.
Mitchazenia	Active	Regular assessment and GA assesment
Dough4872	Active	I have worked on many articles pertaining to roads in the Mid-Atlantic states (DE, MD, NJ, PA). My work has focused on creating new articles for state highways, bannered US highways in these states, and state focus pages for US highways (for example U.S. Route 13 in Delaware). I am also improving many articles on roads in these states, and I have added many highways to List of minor Maryland state highways.
EaglesFaninTampa	Active	Florida State Roads around Tampa Bay (as well as county roads, see List of county roads in Pinellas County, Florida), southern NJ State and County Routes (such as List of county routes in Salem County, New Jersey), and US Highways (US 301) and Interstates I-275) I'm familiar with from my travels. Will also do similar tasks on other roads where I see fit.
NASCAR Fan24	Semi-active	I'll focus on Virginia roads; also may contribute to states listed above. I created Iowa Highway 212, as well as articles on Virginia State Highways 305, 348, 349, and 393. I also am knowledgeable about roads in northeast Ohio, as well as around Harrisburg and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Trenton, New Jersey.
InTheAM	Semi-active	I can help specifically with western PA, northern WV, Maryland, and No. Virginia. IH, USH
Mjkline	Active	I usually work work with roads in the Pittsburgh vicinity.
Mr. Matté	Stand-by, Active if needed	Lived in NJ all my short life; and I know an unhealthy amount of info about Eastern Mercer County's roads. Would be glad to help with its county routes; or any other roadway in the state.
Peteritism	Semi-Active
Dtbohrer	Active	Lives in Erie; will work with Northwestern PA roads
PYLrulz	On off days at work (Sat, Sun, and sometimes Tue if I am not on overtime)	Some of the PA Routes. I am in the process of expanding PA routes that I have made pages for. This list shows what routes are left to expand from the ones I have created. Go ahead and help out with that if you want to.
ravensfan5252	Semi-active	I haven't had a chance to edit as much as I would like to, though I tend to work on MD and PA state highway articles, as well as articles within the scope of the entire project(the framework articles typically).
BJKNMK	Semi-Active	None yet
goodguy007	Active	none yet but eager to help
Highwaydude2007	Active	Mostly minor Pittsburgh area highway updates, but willng to edit more.
CanonLawJunkie (talk) 19:10, 19 August 2010 (UTC)	Semi-Active	Lived off Route 100 in raural SouthEastern PA. Help where I can.
Admiral_Capn	Semi-Active	I've lived in southeastern PA all my life and have an unnecessary obsession with roads in the area, as well as national systems.
Perseus, Son of Zeus	Semi-Active	Lived off Route 30 in rural Southeastern PA.
Peetlesnumber1	Active	Lived in Glenside, PA my whole life (PA-309, PA-73, PA-152) as well as countless trips on the turnpike. Willing to help in any way necessary

Recognized content

Featured Articles

None yet, but we're hoping to get some soon! Start editing articles and help us get some to FA quality!

A-class Articles

• Pennsylvania Route 39
• State Route 1002 (Lehigh County, Pennsylvania)

Good Articles

Pennsylvania Route 145
Pennsylvania Route 222
Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill Expressway

Structure

Route articles should be named "Pennsylvania Route N" where N is the route number. Route shields should be in SVG format and stored at Wikimedia Commons and should be named "PA-X.svg", where X is the route number.

Infobox

Pennsylvania Route 39
File:PA 39 map.png
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT
Length	17.68 mi (28.45 km)
Existed	1936–present
Major junctions
Major intersections	US 22/US 322 in Harrisburg I-81 in West Hanover Township US 22 in West Hanover Township
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
Counties	Dauphin
Highway system
Pennsylvania State Route System Interstate US State Scenic Legislative
← PA 38 → US 40

The infobox to use for this project is Template:Infobox road.

This is the basic syntax you need to get a complete routebox on the article page, just place this before any other text and fill in the variables.

{{Infobox road
|state=
|type=
|route=
|length_mi=
|length_round=
|length_ref=
|established=
|direction_a=
|starting_terminus=
|junction=
|direction_b=
|ending_terminus=
|counties=
|previous_type=
|previous_route=
|next_type=
|next_route=
}}

For the above parameters here's what you should fill in:

• state: PA
• type: PA for state routes
• route: This is the number of the route the article is about
• length_mi: This is the length of the route in miles. If you specify beyond integers (i.e. add a decimal value) you will need to set the following paramater, length_round
• length_round: If your value for length_mi is a whole number, you can omit this. Otherwise it needs to be set to the decimal precision of the length_mi paramater.
• length_ref: To do what a good article writer should, provide your reference for the length of the route using standard <ref> method. For example: <ref name="pah">[http://www.pahighways.com/state/PA701-750.html#PA739 Pennsylvania Highways - Pennsylvania Route 739]</ref>
• established: This is the date the route was commissioned or assigned to its current alignment
• direction_a: This should be either south or west to keep in accordance with the U.S. Roads parent project, which lists termini and junctions in progression travelling from West to East and South to North.
• starting_terminus: This is where the route begins and is either at the southern terminus or western terminus.
• junction: Any major junctions - junctions with limited-access highways, Interstates and U.S. highways - along the route should be listed here. If more than one is listed, use a <br> to break the lines
• direction_b: The opposite of direction_a
• ending_terminus: where the route ends, in accordance with the guidelines set forth with starting_terminus
• counties: a list of counties that the route enters
• previous_type: This is the type of route that preceeds the current one in the system. The value for this is: Interstate, US, or PA for Interstates, U.S. Routes and other Pennsylvania routes, respectively. Only current routes or decommissioned routes with articles should be included in the browse.
• previous_route: The number of the route preceding this one
• next_type: Same as previous_type but for the route following this one
• next_route: The number of the route succeeding this one

Important notes regarding the routebox: For the previous and next route types, remember to list them in order of priority. If you do an infobox for PA 79, the following route would be I-80, not PA-80. PA-80 would succeed I-80 as there is no U.S. 80 in Pennsylvania. The precedence is as follows: U.S. Interstate, U.S. Route, Pennsylvania route. Also, when putting images up for Interstate, US Route, and PA route shields in the infobox, all 1 and 2 digit routes are to be 20 pixels (20px) in size, and all 3 digit routes are to be 25 pixels (25px) in size.

So, by completing the infobox as follows, you'll get a routebox like the one in Pennsylvania Route 39.

{{Infobox road
|state=PA
|type=PA
|route=39
|altenate_name=Linglestown Road, Hershey Road, Hersheypark Drive
|map=PA 39 map.png
|length_mi=17.68
|length_round=
|length_ref=<ref name="length">{{cite web|url=http://www.mapquest.com/directions/...|title=Length of Pennsylvania Route 39|accessdate=2007-03-18|work=Mapquest}}</ref>
|established=1936
|direction_a=West
|starting_terminus=North Front Street in [[Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Susquehanna Township]]
|junction=[[Image:US 22.svg|20px]][[Image:US 322.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 22 (Pennsylvania)|US 22]]/[[U.S. Route 322 (Pennsylvania)|US 322]] in [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]]<br>[[Image:I-81.svg|20px]] [[I-81]] in [[West Hanover Township, PA|West Hanover Township]]<br>[[Image:US 22.svg|20px]] [[US 22]] in [[West Hanover Township, PA|West Hanover Township]]|
|direction_b=East
|ending_terminus=[[Image:US 322.svg|25px]][[Image:US 422.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 322 (Pennsylvania)|US 322]]/[[U.S. Route 422 (Pennsylvania)|US 422]] in [[Hershey, Pennsylvania|Hershey]]
|counties=[[Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Dauphin]]
|previous_type=PA
|previous_route=38
|next_type=US
|next_route=40
}}

Main section

Untitled section that describes the route. Depending on the route this section may just name the direction (W/E or S/N) and termination points, or may go into considerable detail. However, the majority of detail, such as progress by town or county, should be reserved for the next section.

Route description

This section is for describing the route itself and its progression across the counties of Pennsylvania. This section should be broken up by counties using third-level headlines. If the route is contained entirely in one county, then it is not necessary to give said county a third-level headline. Regardless of the route's length, progression should be described from south to north, west to east.

Included major attractions along the road.

Communities along the route

List of communities, which can range from small hamlets to large cities, along the route. Depending on the length of the route this may include only major communities, or just the few hamlets the route passes through. A citation is needed for this info, and it should be placed in an infobox, as shown below:

{|class="infobox" width="230px"
!style="background: #ccf;"|<big>Communities</big>
|-
|
*
|}

For routes that are limited-access, use the code below.

{|class="infobox" width="230px"
!style="background: #ccf;"|<big>Communities</big>
<small>Bolded cities/communities are officially-designated [[control cities]] for signs.</small>
|-
|
*
|}

See Pennsylvania Route 145 for a good example of this usage.

History

History of the route. This can be as brief as a sentence or as extensive as a few paragraphs.

Major intersections or Exit list

The contents of this section may vary by route. Refer to the table below for the appropriate section header and further instructions.

Route composition	Section header title	What should be here
All grade-separated interchanges; no at-grade intersections	Exit list	An exit list designed in accordance with the Interstate exit list guide
Mixture of grade-separated interchanges and at-grade intersections	Major intersections or Exit list	Depending on the route in question, either a junction table or a "combo" exit list featuring exits and intersections can be used.
All at-grade intersections; no grade-separated interchanges	Major intersections	A junction table for at-grade intersections as specified below

Junction table

This section is for listing all of the intersections, both actual junctions and over/underpasses, that this route has with PA traffic routes (1-999), Interstates and U.S. routes.

This is the basic syntax you need to get a complete junction table on the article page, just place this in the Major Intersections section and fill in the variables. An example of a complete table is at Pennsylvania Route 18.

{{PAinttop}}
{{PAint
|county=
|cspan=
|location=
|lspan=
|type=
|mile=
|road=
|notes=
}}
{{PAintbtm}}

For additional entries, use this:

{{PAint
|location=
|lspan=
|type=
|mile=
|road=
|notes=
}}

For the above parameters, here's what you should fill in:

• county: name of the county without wiki markup - the county is automatically linked by the template
• cspan: number of rows the county spans - if value=1, omit this parameter
• location: name of the location without wiki markup - the location is automatically linked by the template
• lspan: number of rows the location spans - if value=1, omit this parameter
• area: (optional for use with location) used to disambiguate between town, city, village, etc.
• ctdab: (optional for use with location) further disambiguation by county (Brighton in New York is an example where this tag would be used)
• location_special: (replaces location) location where the junction is located - use for custom entries only. Wiki markup is required.
• type: noaccess, mplex (for concurrency), decomd (for decommissioned), unbuilt, closed
• mile: milepost of the junction. If unknown, leave blank. To request mileposts, talk to JohnnyAlbert10.
• road: road that the article route intersects at this junction. To generate the proper coding, use {{subst:PAint/XX}}, where XX is:
  • PAint/PA:{{subst:PAint/PA|(route number)|(size of shield in pixels)}}
  • PAint/US:{{subst:PAint/US|(route number)|(size of shield in pixels)}}
  • PAint/IN:{{subst:PAint/IN|(Interstate number)|(size of shield in pixels)}}.
• street: (optional for use with location) Used to break up monotony in sections where the route has the same town name six or more times over (see NY 33 for an example of appropriate usage).
• notes: any notes regarding that junction.

Any parameter which is empty can be omitted.

Miscellanea

Put all oddities, miscellanea, etc., including any recent projects to improve/upgrade the road, the road in popular culture, etc., if applicable.

See also

Place all internal links here.

References

Put all sources here.

External links

Links having to do with entire highway go here.

Templates

Template name	Useage	Template
{{Pennsylvania-road-stub}}	Place on articles that are stubs
{{U.S. Roads WikiProject|state=PA}}	To be placed on talk pages; see {{U.S. Roads WikiProject}} for all of the parameters that the template accepts.
{{featuredpash}}	To be placed on the talk pages of articles that reach featured status	Template:Featuredpash
{{Project U.S. Roads East}}	It is strongly recommended that {{Project U.S. Roads East}} goes on user (sub) (talk) pages. To see the template in action, scroll to the top of the page.